The Daily Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 16, Ed. 1 Monday, December 23, 1912 Page: 3 of 6
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THE AIR LINE TO A GOOD POSITION
Ladies’ With Small Feet
Here is Your Opportunity to Purchase!
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ay City, Texan
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Contractor and Builder
pair.
Texas
MAX G. KLEIN
Xmas Suggestions
vol K BEST WISHES
K
really rnnjr chair can now be ful-
foTdt
Make yourself a present of one
filled.
It
Bnlcctod from our fine collection.
the year.
W
Bv
you choose
urnitureCompany
Tayl
Abraham
of
vided one-half interest
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tint!
th»
$3.50 and $4.00 Shoes at
$2.50 a Pair
Brick, Concrete ana Frame Buildings
Estimates Furnished
Well, the next time 1 go to town
I’m going to take ajhttle walkjaroun’
An' see that gate won’t sag down
I ’tn gonna quit kickin'old gates aroun’.
Owners and Controllers of the Best City, Suburban and
Farm Properties in Matagorda County, Toxas.
Every time I come to town
1 have to lift an old gate aroun’;
It makes no difference if the fence is down
I gotta keep draggin’ that gate aroun’.
Exclusive Agents Bay City Town Co., Frisco Kailroad Com
pany lotsand Magill’s Additions to Bay City.
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title
and
Alamo Lumber Company
Bay City, Texas
My daddy bought his from the
You better see ’em, too.
BAY CITY, TEXAS
Sarah J
rah J.
Abrn-
Reese
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or about
Probate
Courr
and a
Mrs 1
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Easy Terms -Installment Payments.
THE MAGILL BROS.
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O. E. HA TCHETT
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On
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Court
art
of Mun
Rhodes I
ESQ05
being the prop*
vesting the title of
Full Line
Waterman’s and Conklin's
Fountain Pens
you will hdvflfcCQtnfort
Cwsurc the comfort if
bt_
at Ore
Lookin’ for a farm, Mister.
Bay City Realty Co.
Phone 192 North Side Square
you have comfort on New Year's day
all the rest ot
Elizabeth
Elisabeth
Mora**. and
deceased.
JfiiTMf A Jr.w JWMMMW.
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T he Bay jCity Book Store
Holly Boxes
Holly Ribbon
Holly Paper
proc*:' dings,
to-wit, De-
T Bennett,
When
You
Buy
Land
T.
said - -■
You Can’t Go Wrong
by dealing on Undo Sam's Guarantee.
FRANK RUGELKT, Sheriff
BERT CARR. Deputy.
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Will take host of care of furniture
for on ? room and hall, for use of aarno.
p. 0. Box 574. tf
IVe Are The Pioneers
In the land business here; have large Hat of city and farm propor-
tion, and are prepared with every naBonabb' accommodation*
to do business with you on large or small tracts.
S C. Miller, and the j
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Nelson Schneider,
Nelson Schneider,
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Of Rhodes
B.
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I of Alt
jsohl
l to;|ed (he
said
«it h-
land, have
possession
tlvatlng,
same.
Bay City,
u., V-
Matagorda
on or
Tucket,
r undivided OU
Huun Howman
ed on his death I*
heir, Mr* Margo
! or about to-wit, Muy
j eph Reewe f
I toft m.ui ,v iteesi
said administrator
an adm
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Charles 11
Charles 11
' Miller, deceased, .1.
and the heirs of J
deceased Joseph
the heirs of Joseph
A
Bow nuui*
wa# duly
Monogram Stationery
Harrison Fisher and Christie
Pidures in Frames
AY clTy
Dorit<
Trust
To LUC*
Fi'eM ' the Pt'CVat.
h.y. Tex tut,
j i> « oid. J III
Im the
| County.
about April
to said
adverse
land,
enjoying the
title thereto’
„ for ti period
of more than ten years after accrual
of defendants' claim thereto, and be-
fore the filing of this suit. Plaintiff
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iihHwirator '
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Come and see as.
co^
‘ ' Pkdntiff
claims title by the statutes of five and
ten years' limitations, and also claims]
to have record title to the t
In controversy by the following chain
of title:
The Bowman & Reese Grant wafl
granted June 20th, 1831, by the Mex-
ican Government to Abraham Bowman
and Charles K. Rease, the grant recit-
ing that Abraham Bowman was a sin-
gle man; the one-half Interev belong
Ing to Chartea K Reese, wi tch* is not Burford, deceased, and
Involved in this suit, passed by regn- with her estate conveyed the undi-
Jar chain of title Into the Moore-Cor- vided one-half Interest of Abraham
tes Canal Company, the plaintiff here- censeiLpendlng im-administration in
of
I'vxaa, t om ey ed i
I to Willi.on C
recovdctl in Vol
Deed
i, Texas.
28th, 1879,
I conveyed to E G
title HO 1 ‘ *
IV»‘ Is
ra of
(Italian h> I’uhlitation.
dTATK OF
te Sherit’f or
ugorda Count
I Court of Galveston U
by general warranty
Vol. "N page 8(3 to
Deed R«H,'Ol'ds of
I'exas. riuffeuter
!Uh, 1>,1, I*. C
r ot the Estate of Dem y
fU-
ids ot Mt
another
West ami
run West,
of earth:
varas to
earth
the
distributees under said decree of par-
tition, have ratified and confirmed the
partition made in said
Thereafter, on or about,
cember 23rd. 18<>7, Lewlt
James Guild, Maggie Guild, Solomon
R. Burford, Kate E, Burford. Joseph R
Bennett, and John L Cochran, being
the only surviving heirs of Eliza J
were vested
There are 235 pair to
sell. In the assortment
are patents, dull calf,
tans, velvets, Suedes and vici kid
leathers in both button and lace
styles.
Sizes 11-2 to 4 1-2 Only
I
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f
W<‘ have Government
Soil Reports on all Mata-
gorda and Brazoria County
Lands, and a Colored Chart
with accompanying analy-
ses to show you.
1 Ben-
Bennett, as well as
I defendants by
be summoned by
you; thin suit being an action in the
form of trespass to try title, att w
ns a suit to dear and determine title.
Plaintiff’s petition alleges that
plaintiff Is the owner of an undivided
one-half Interest in and to the follow-
ing described premir.es, oituated in the
County of Matagorda and State ot
Texas, viz.:
An undivided one-half int*'test
and to l
Mexican
Bowman
I ENAS
any t’onu
ty, Texas:
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You art
mon:
AM uh i
Abraham
.1. liennei
B<Ulllelt,
nett, a
tlel de*
the hr
cease*!
the heirs
ceasetl
Robert M Bennett, anti
Robert M. BepneU, de-
Catherine E. Bennett, andltioner
i of Catherine E Bonnett. <!*■- -
gaud M Benmut, and the ] deceased;
gat'd M. Bentv'lt, *ii?
Fisher. Jr., and the
Isli
Miller, am! the heirs of Corn
Miller, deceased
heirs ot S.
Brook heart,
Brookheart,
Didis, and
HlekS, deceased
and the lo irs of A
dccwtsetl Josephine Randall, tmd the
heirs of Josephine Randall, dt-ceased.
Randall, and the heirs of Sa-
Randall. deecasou
Morse, and the heirs of
Moi»>*'. di'Via: < d. James
th*' heirs of James Morse,
Mary J Parker, and the heirs of Mary C. page 61
J Parker, deceased,
and the heirs of W
Ceased Mary A ('
heirs of Mary A C
Brazil R Prather,
of Brazil R. Prather,
James A
in
the grant of land made by the
Government to Abraham
and Charles K. Reeuc on or
about, to-wit, th*1 20th ilay of June,
1831; said grant of land being de-
scribed in the original grant thereot
as a league of land surveyed by the
Surveyor. Elias R Wightman, and si -
Hated on the right margin ot the < ol-
orado River, ad oining and above th*
league *>f land conceded to John Ke.-
|y; the said grant made to Bowman <V
Reese being known in the plan of sur-
veys on said margin of th*, river as
League No. 3. From a land murk on
the margin of the river two varas dis-
tant from a
Sopth 3 deg.
three varas
Clerk District,
County, Texas.
Hv J K BROTHERSON, Deputy
issued Oct. 28, 1912.
GEO. AUSTIN,
'lark District Court, Matagorda Co.
By J K BROTHERSON. Deputy.
Oct. 28th, 1912.
| hereby order the til>ov*' and for*-
going citation by Publlentlon be pub- |
!i;,‘i-d in the Dally Tribune for the
time and In the manner required by
law
O1
Texas, and a c*'r?h’ie<l
is r*>cor*le*| in the deed i
agotala County, in Vol.
1 seq On said petition latii.:
Probate Court of Urazor
th*' 29th day of Julie, 184
order and decree in th
said court, iiiitlng that
had been given to all per
ed to filo their objection
tltlon, and adjudlentuu- I
tion bo grant*'*!, and tliat
ministration issue to said Jos
SUCll or*i*'i' being recotd- d :
liate Records of Brazoria C'
The oilglual no
on said application for leti
among
urt d
eof is
of
i liauuian,
Bow man,
. and th*
dec.-ased
d the
oust'd
Live Oak which bears
West and mark' d 3, and
distant from
which bears North 73 dog.
marked 14-3, a I
8100 varas to a
Thence South
another mound
East 7920 varas
orado River at a
margin, one vara
elder marked 1,
WE advise early choosing if you intend
purchasing. <JThis represents a clean
cut Saving of $ 1.00 and $ 1.50 on every
ittd the heirs of of Brazoria (
decease*!. Eliza I
heirs of Eltza J. :
Caroline C B*>ti-
ir« of Carolina* C. Ben- ]
Bennett,
lien nett,
Ih-nnett,
Iknntrtt.
Bennett,
Bennett
R. Parker,
Pnrk**r, de-
Prather, and th*’
Prather, deceased.
the heirs
I R. Prather, deceased.
Woodson, ami the heirs oj
James A. Woodson, deceased. Wm E.
Woodson, and the heirs of Wm. E.
Woodson, deceased. Newton A Wood-
son, and the heirs of Newton A Wood-
son, Ji ceased James J Ramlall, slid
the heirs of Jami's J. Randall, de-
ceased Charles F Randall, und the
heirs of Charles F. Ramlall, deceased.
Tucker, and the heirs ol
v Tucker, deceased Mary
E. Tucker, and th.' heirs of Mary 17
Tucker, deceased. Amanda E. Ittek-
*on, and the heirs oi Amatula I*-- Jaek-
lon, deceased, Ella Robertson, and
he heirs of Ella Robertson, deceased
Emma Crawford, and the hi'irs-ot Em-
ma Crawford, deceased. Grace Rake-
straw, and the heirs of Grace Rak<-
straw, deceased Anna Hall, an*! tls
heirs of Anna Hall, deceased. Aman-
da Hall and the heirs of Amanda
Hall, deceased Thomas Hall and the
teirs of Thomas Hall, deceased. Eva
Anderson, and the heirs ot Bvtr An-
derson, deceased John F Anderson,
ami the heirs of John F Amh'ison, de-
ceased, and Frank Anderson, and the
heirs of Frank Anderson, deceased
By making publication of 'his cit-
ation one*' iu oach week lor eight con-
secutive weeks previous to the retuin
day hereof, in some newspaiter pub-
lished in your county, if there be a
newspap* r published tlnueiti, but it
not, then in the nearest county where
a newspaper is published, to appeiii'
at the next term of the District Court
of Matagorda County, Texas, ifi and
for the 23rd Judicial District of Tex is,
to be holden nt the Court House there-
of in Bay City, Texas. onvthc Filth
Monday In December, A D 1912. the
same being the the doth day of Decem-
ber, A D 1912, then and there to an-
swer the petition filed in th*1 said
court on the 2Gth day of October, A.
D 1912, In a suit numbered 3228 on
the docket of said court, wherein
Moore-Cortes Canal Company is plain-
tiff, and the following named parties
are’ defendants. Abraham Bowman,
Eliza J. Bennett, Caroline C. Bennett,
Rol.ert M. Bennett. Catherine E Ben-
nett, Margaret M I. ..
the above mentioned
this writ directed to I
ou, dec
in the
r*'d l»y i
i iiumposti by
in the Bowman A.-
I" C Tucker, admuiisn
‘ of 11* ary Sheldon,
id deed peing i v<
t< cords ot MiUagoi
page
mad*
to be apimlnti'd ad
Estate o( Abraham
tition reciting that
a sport time since
applicant was a hr
deceased, ami that
r». Mantai
n on rest of kin to
w hteh
and sai*l p» tt
s .among the pal
, Jr deceased Cora Comity
.n
ministration Is on fil*
pers in the County *.’*
County, and copy the
in the Do*?*! Records ol Malay;
County, Texas, al the place abov.
ferred to Joseph Rees, and his ur.
ties gave bond us adminisliat*.r of
said estate in legal lortu, on Jun* 29th,
15*10, and took the attidav : u admin-
istrator of said estate <md duly quali-
fied as stub, the original of said bond
and affidavit being on tile in th*' |>u
pers of said eslnte in tin County Court
of Brazoria County, Texas, and a copy
of wliich being duly recorded In the
Deed Records of Matagorda t’omity,
Texas, at the plac*1 nhofe ret’erri
said affidavit reviling that th*
Abraham Bowman died intesiaii
out leaving any lawful will On oi
about, to-wit, July 20th, 1810, npprai.-,
ers duly appointed in
lration, fil*'»l an inventory of the es-
tate of Abraham Howman dec. ased.
in which they described tlm one-half
undlvidi'd interest in the Bowman A
Reese grant, identtlyinc same, said
inventory being recorded In Book "A
page 231, of the Probate liee*>ids of
Brazoria County, Texas, and tlm ori-
ginal thereof being on file in the pa-
pers of the County Court of Butzoria
County, Texas, and a certified copy
thereof being recorded in the Deed
Records of Matagorda ihiuntv. I'exas,
at the place above indicated Joseph
Reese, as administrator of the estate
of Abraham Bowman, deeea: rd, filed
in the Probate Court of Brazoria
County petition fin tin order of sab*
to sell Hie said estate, and particular
ly tile one-half interest it* tlm Bow
man X- Reese grant on the west side
of the Colorado River, prim to Sep-
tember 12th. ts|u, said petition being
on file in tlm Probate Records of Bra-
zoria County, Texas, ami a ceitiliid
copy thereof being duly recorded iu
tiie Deed Records Of Matagorda Coun-
ty. Texas, at the place above indicat-
ed On or about, to-wit, September
12th, 1810, the Probate Court of Bra-
zoria County. Texas, mad. an order
for th*' sale of the one-half interest
in the Howman A- Reese grant on the
West side of tin Colorado River, i -
prayed for in said petition, said or-
der of ale being recorded in Book
‘C’ of tile Probate Minutes of Brazm
in County, Texas, on page 89. ami a
certified copy thereof being duly re
corded in the Deed Records of Mata-
gorda County, Texas, at the place
above indicated
As bi fore stated, th. •;o,] Abraham
Bowman bit as his sole surviving
he ir, his sister, Mrs. .Marian el Ree-e,
the wif<’ of Joseph Reese and mother
of Charles K Reese, the owner o| the
other undivided one-half Interest in
said grant Mrs Margaret Reese and
aer husband, Joseph Reese, bo h died
and ftdminislration was regularly tak-
en on the estate of Mrs. Mnri'ar* I
Rves<> and on the estate of Joseph
Reese in the Probati' Court of Brazor-
i.'taCounty; and theretifter, on or ttliout
tin 3bth day ot March, 1849, f’haries K
Re<v,’.v, one of rhe administrators of
tin (’plate of Joseph Rees, and Mar-
garet. Reese, filed in tiie Probate Court
of Brazoria County, Texas a petition
for partition of the lands belonging to
said estate, to which partition all the
heirs and distributees of the estates
of Joseph R. and Margaret Reese
were parties defendant; and on or
about, to-wit, tlm 30th day of May,
I849( th* Prtiluit*' Court of Brazoria
County entered its decree adjudging In
substance the one-half Interest in the
Bowman Ar Reese Grant to belong tn
the estate of Mrs Margaret Reese, tun!
□f Joseph Reese and defining tlm In-
terest In said land of th*- estates of
Joseph and Margaret Iterse of Hie va-
rious heirs respectively, and mljudicat-
ing that an undivided 1-4 interest In
the laud in controversy was owned by
Lewis T. Bennett, Caroline c. B. ntmtt,
Catherine E. Bennitl, Margaret M.
Bennett, .Joseph Reese Bennett and
Robert M Bennett, minor children of
Elizti J. Bennett, deceased, th*- daugh-
ter of Joseph and Margaret R< <-se, and
appointing J C. McNeil, Edmond
Weekley, Abraham Crenshaw, Jarvis
Dockhill and William McMaster, Com-
missioners to make pat tition and dis-
tribution *•!' sal*l estate, in accordance
with said decree, tmd making other or-
ders in the premises, which judgment
Is duly recorded in th*' Probate Min-
utes of Brazoria County, Texas, in
Vol, “E" pneteS 213-217. inclusive, and
is recorded also In the Deed Records
of Matagorda County In Vol
550 et seq Thereafter, on
to-wit, Jnnv- J. 1850, th*
Court of Brazoria County, in said par-
tition p*-neeedlng, ent*'r*'<l Its ludg-
ment and decree, dividing tlm lands ot
said estates, whereby, among other
things decreed, th*' court Het aside hi
severalty to the heirs of Eliza J B< n-
nett above named the undivided one-
half of League No. 3, situated on the
West bank of the Colorado River in
Matagorda County, granted t<
ham Bowman and Charles K • -■ -,
rty in question and di-
al! remaining
heirs of Joseph and Margaret Rc.-se
cul-lwit of said land, und vesting same In
the heirs aforesaid of Elina J, Ben-
nett; said final decree of partition be-
ing recorded in the Probate Minutes
of Brazoria County, Texas, In Vol E’
pages 262*267, and also In the De*<l
Records of Matagorda County, in Vol
36, page 556 et S6q; that the heirs of
Margaret. Reese and of Joseph R<'*‘se,
property
a.qmreu py sai.t administrator t*i IM
Ward G, I numposti by an admlmstia
Bowman ut the Bowman At Re*m
Gram to p C Tucker, admuiistiator
"f th*' eMate of Henry Stmt.l.iu, de-
tor s deed, said deed jtelhi: recoiiled in
;!>< Deed Records of Matagoniu Coun-
ty. I aui- In \< l "N ' page ;:in to
In the j tii< said sale being made tiy virtue j
num v,. of an order of evufu'uuitlon uud order
jot sale regularly withered in the Min-
lides of the Probate Court ol Galvw-
lion County, Texas, tn the .ulniinistra
Ilion ot ttie estate ot Henry Slwldoti,
I .ii,: oi.t. r of sale being rendered at
Jim Fall Ti im of the year lx.'o, and
j said sale being reported to the I'robul. |
nolle. jCourt *»n, to-wit, the lltli day ol |
st-1 March 1871, and the order of con-La
;: mat ion being made prior to tin- 1 nth
... . o; \l.,\ js7L ami all of . aid pm f
a I ... dm. - ii.-iim r. mil la I * hi or abo’.ll. ; J
'<> w i'. M i* (Uli, |S I: G Thompson j
'to- lliy the Tax Collectoi of Matagorda |
i*oi jCounty. Texas. Conveyed said laml by
m «i h.iy deed to William V Hriumm, by
ad- deed recorded ill Vol "R page 38.'. (*■'
i'-‘ I .:S7, Deed Record: of Matagorda -S'
Bi azorta I County, I'exas On or about, to-wll.
>b i June 28tli, D79, William C Branmn
1 'hi |conveyed to E G. Thompson tlm tax
acquired by quit claim deed,
i'o. onl* il ill Deed Record# ot Matagoi J
lie County, Vol. R. page 191-192 On
*>r about, to wit, June' 2. 1879 Ed-
ward G Thompson conveyed by Wav-
lanly Deed the one-lmtf interest in
the Bowman At Reese Grant Io D Sul-
livan. said dee*! being recorded in Vol
"It” page 159-460, Deed Records Mata |
gordn County. Texas. Daniel Sullivan,
the grantee in the preeeding deed, on
|or about, to wit, April 22, 1.893, eoliv*')
said one-half inter, st in the
Bowman Ar Reese Grant to A H
I’ierie |.y warranty deed, recorded in
Vol 2 pages Ml-58, Deed Records Mat
agorda County, Texas, A H Pierce
lid .idmin . :nill .lotmihan E Pierce executed a
deed of partition on or about, to-wit,
.Maivh 7th, 1SS9, by which the whole
of (he Bow umn A Rees.' Grant was
conveyed ami set aside in scv.-vally to
A H Pierce, said deed being leeorded
in Book "Y" png*' 331 «>f th.1 Deed Re-
cords of Mat.agorda Couniy , Texas On
or about, to-wit, November 28th, 1900,
\ 11 Pierce eonvu'yc.l the whole of I Im
Bowman A Re* e Grant to W. C.
Moor.' by warranty deed recorded in
Vol 7 pages 138-113, Deed Records
Matagorda County On or about, to-
wit, liceember 12th, liuin, W (' Moore
conveyed the whole of the Bowman A-
Reese Grant to the Moore-Coll'Ca
mil Company by d*‘<d recorded in Vol.
7 pages 143-117. Deed Records ol Mat
agorda County A. II. Pierce, deceas-
ed by the < xccutoiH of Ills will, ex.'CUl-
c.| a ri'h'as*1 to the Moor.-Cmi.'s * a-
nal Company of the vendor's lien re-
tain* *1 in th*' befoie-mentlomd
on August 16th, 19IH. same being, r*
corded In Vol 8 page (ill of the Deed
Records of Matagorda County, Texas
The plaintiff Moore-Cortes Canal
Company, in addition to the record ti-
tle, as above Het out, to lhe one-half
interest in said giant belonging to
the said Abraham Bowman, has title
by the five and ten years’ statues of
limitations to the wild land as above
*P* elfically plvml
Ann plaintiff alleges with respect to
the claim to .".aid property made liy
defendants, as follows:
lhe claim of lhe defeiidanl Abra-
ham Bowman, and th*' heirs of Abra-
ham Bownyan, deceUBed, Io lb*' land
in question is not known to the plain-
tiff The claim of Eliza J Bennett, of
Caroline ('. Bennett, of Robert M Bet-
nett, of Catherine E Bennett, of Mar-
garet M Bennett, and of the heirs of
each of said last named persons Io the
laml in question, is not known to tlm
plaintiff,' Mooi c-Corl. : Canal Com-
pany. The <4aim of Rhode!: Fisher,
Jr, and the heirs of Rhodes Fisher,
Jr, to th*' laml in question is to rm
inlerest In th*' claim of certain per-
sons hereinafter named, pretending Io
be lieiis of Abraluun Bowman, ami
conveyed to said Rhodes Fisher, Jr.,
by two powers of attorney, ami con-
veyances Id .'iimft' r described. The
claim of Conn B Millm and husband
S. C. Miller, and of J B Brooklmart
and of tlm heirs of said re. pectlve
persons to the land in question Is a
pretend**! claim asserted by ttftid per-
sons as heirs of Abraham Bowman,
said persons having executed a power
of attorney and conveyance Io Rhodes
Fisher, Jr., on April 9th, 1894, record-
ed In Vol 3 pages 17-18, in the office
of County Clerk of Matagorda County,
Texas The claim of Joseph R Hicks
and of all the other persons specifi-
cally named as defendants in this writ
(except Rhodes Fislier, Jr. Cora B
Miller, S. (' Miller and J B. Brook
hqtirt land of tin* heirs of each of said
persons, is to an intermit In the laml
in controversy under the pretended
claim that said persons were heirs <*f
Abraham Bowman, am! that th<> title
to said land was in Abraham Bowman,
and said claim is dlselo ^-.l by a power
of attorney And conveyance to Rhodes
Fisher, Jr., dat'd January, 1891, filed
for record October 22, 1891, ami re-
corded in the Records of the County
Clerk of Matagorda County, Texas, in
Vol. 3 pages 18-55, ami plaintiff says
that none of said persons pi ( tending
to be lhe heirs of Abraham Bowman
wi re In fact his heirs, and secondly,
that were they his heirs, (her*1 was no
title to tlm laml in controvery either
in Abraham Bowman or In said per-
sons, and there is no title In cither
Ybi.iham Bowman or mJ<1 perr.om-,
which they ynn assert at law or equity.
1’laint.iff prays Judgment for the ti-
tle and prisHcssion of the above de-
scribed laml and premises, for writ
of i < slitution, for its rents, damages
und costa of aiiit, und for general and
sjieclal relief in law' and equity.
HEREIN FAIL NOT, Imt have before
.id JiidUl.il Di trKt Court at Its
aforesaid next regular term, this writ
With your return thereon, showing
how you have executed the atime.
Wli’NESS Geo Austin, Clerk of the
Hatrict. Court of Matagorda County,
Texas.
GIVEN under my hand ami seal of
aid Court at office at Bay City, Tex-
; . this 28th day of October, 1912.
GEO AI’ST IN,
Court of Matagorda
line was
mound
3698
of earth thence
to the sold Col-
i land mark on said
i distant from a box
. which bears South
and three varas distant from anothei
box elder which bears North 16 deg
East; thence following lhe meanders
of the river up to the place of be-
ginning; the said grant being bound-
ed on the North by the nn*‘-fourth
league granted to Henry Harrison,
and on the South by what is known
as the Kelly Grant, .and being parti-
cularly described in th*' original grant
to which reference is above mail*', on
file in the Land Office of the State of
Texas
That, on the Jirst. day of October,
1912, the plaintiff Moor<-Cort* s (’anal
(Company w;'h lawfully seized ami p <.
I srssed of sa!a* land by (<•<• simple titl*',
find that on’the day and date afore-
said, the ilefemhints entered upon
same and ejected plaintiff therefrom,
and unlawfully witheid from plain-
tiff th*' posBfiimion thereof, and that
plaintiff and those through whom
plaintiff holds title have had pcacc-
ahle and adverse possession of said
land, cultivating, using ami enjoying
same under a deed or deeds duly
recorded, and miylng taxes thereon
for more thsin five years after the ac-
crual of defendant’s claim thereto, and
before filing of this suit, ami that
plaintiff and those through ami und* r
! whom plaintiff claims
p»>aceable
of said
using and
and claiming
against the whole world
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Attention Mr. Piano
Prospect
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J E GRACE, Manager.
Isn’t is anout time that you buy that new piano you h.*v< wanted
ao long. I will make tlm terms to auit you, ami the price lower than
same piano can be bought elsewhere, bo call In the store ami have
a talk with me cr write for catalog and terms
We also have a complete line of Victor Talking Machines ami Edison
l’hon*)gT;iph«, also we carry about two thousand r<-cords for Victor and
Edison, bo come and s* !• ct your records or send in your order .
Victor and Edison machines are sold on easy payment plant if de-
sired.
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Bay City Crain Co.
Our goods are sold as cheap as the
cheapest—Come in and get prices
Until Jan. I, we will give 20 lbs.
granulated sugar for $ 1.00 with
each $5.00 worth of Groceries
• (This does not include Iced)
PHONE 242
COUNTY SURVEYOR OF MiTAOORDA COUNTY;
PHONE 125
E. N. GUSTAFSON
Civil ENGINEER
OFFICE IN COUNTY COURT HOUSE
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Smith, Carey. The Daily Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 16, Ed. 1 Monday, December 23, 1912, newspaper, December 23, 1912; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1361924/m1/3/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.